Antrim County Chain of Lakes, HELP!!!

[FSU Basser]

Looking for some help on fishing the antrim county chain of lakes (Bellaire, Clam, Torch, skegemog, and Elk). I am going for small and largmouth but not really sure what to use and where to go this time of the year. can anyone help PLEASE???

[TheFishinPollock]

Torch and Elk are gonna be pretty dang tuff now that the spawn is over. They start suspending all over the lakes.    Skeg has been pounded daily. My guess is they have seen everything under the sun.   Clam was rather busy this past weekend also.  As for Bellaire , my favorite of the chain,  It seems to still be a good  lake even with the postspawn.   I'd use either big flashy reactionbaits like spinnerbaits or chromed cranks.  If that just isn't workin switch over to slow movin soft plastics to annoy them into hitting.   Most of Bellaire is good. The west side drop dosent have a lot of structure on it like the rest of the lake.   Skeg is a big shallow flat area from the Torch river mouth down to the south end.  Very weedy this year too.   

[FISH21]

I'm going to be staying at a resort on Intermediate lake next week and was wondering how the fishing is this out there right now? I've heard its pretty good for smallmouth and was hoping to get into a few. Also is this lake connected to the same chain as Bellaire? Thanks.

[TheFishinPollock]

Fish21----  A good friend was out there trollin  3 days ago and didn't do all that good on Intermideate. Just 2 eyes and a muskie.   We are pretty much done with the postspawn so they will start feeding again.   Water temps are in the mid 70's range.  I personaly have not been on Intermideate since the early stages of spawn. 

Bellaire is connected but there is a dam between Intermideate and Bellaire so you will have to pull the boat and trailer over.  Personaly I think you will be happier witht he results off of Bellaire. It's bigger and not so much of a flooded river channel. They both have heavy boat traffic , but Bellaire is bigger and there is less disturbance to the fishing than on Intermideate.

matthew